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Jute & Burlap Tote Bag

It took me around 30 minutes to convert a plain {printed!} shopping bag into a nice and roomy tote bag for Cheri.

A Few weeks ago my friend, Mel, from Mellywood’s Mansion, also upcycled a plain shopping bag into a lovely bag, for everyday use. Click HERE to see Mel’s version. Anyhow that is where I got the idea from.

This specific shopping bag is incredibly strong, made of 50% Jute and 50% Cotton with a very sturdy handle.

Lovely bag, but I doubt Cheri would use this as an everyday bag with all the printing on the front and the back.

I cut two pieces of Burlap – one piece framed with an off-white ribbon, which would now double as an extra pocket and also to hide the red print – another piece of plain Burlap for the back, no pocket, purely added to hide the printing.

I have also added 3 flowery embellishments to the pocket side. Both pieces of Burlap were attached to the bag using a hot glue gun {there was no way I was going to take the bag apart only to sew on two pieces of Burlap and my knowledge of sewing is too limited to have thought of something else!}

I did, however, sew the ribbon onto the Burlap ! The Burlap and the Jute textures work well together and the ribbon and flowers just add that little femininity.

And there we have one lovely tote bag, ready to carry all the necessary stuff as well as some extras !

As you can see, our grass is still brown and dead leaves all over the place, but it is warming up every day and within a couple of weeks we should be in full Spring mode. The trees are already blossoming and I think this is really the loveliest time of the year.

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